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This clause gives Yelp unrestricted authority over User Content with no obligation to notify users or justify its moderation decisions.
Your content may be screened, removed, edited, or reinstated by Yelp at any time, for any reason or no reason, without notice to you.
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We may in our sole discretion, for any reason (including without limitation if we believe it violates these Terms, our Community Guidelines, or other policies) remove or disable access to any content you provide.
We use a combination of automated tools and human reviewers to enforce our content rules. This includes technology that proactively detects and removes certain types of prohibited material.
We moderate Content using proprietary technology that analyzes multiple attributes of the content for compliance with our Guidelines. If the Content does not pass technological review, it is rejected and not made visible on our services.
"We reserve the right to screen, remove, edit, or reinstate User Content at our sole discretion for any reason or no reason, and without notice to you.Excerpt from Yelp's Terms of Service
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This clause gives Yelp unrestricted authority over User Content with no obligation to notify users or justify its moderation decisions.
Your content may be screened, removed, edited, or reinstated by Yelp at any time, for any reason or no reason, without notice to you.
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